07 Jul 2011
| by Liam Farrell
'Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself/And falls on th'other side,' said Macbeth
21 Mar 2012
| by Mary Selby
I'm never sure whether life is a metaphor for general practice or whether it's the other way round...'t tell us, they just do it. We miss them, briefly, then there are other holes, other stories.
Life ...
'gulf' between England and the other UK nations, GPC leaders have warned....' between health policy in England and the three other countries.
'There are differences between Scotland ...
-country contract could be undermined by the NHS reforms.
'The risk is not that the other countries move away ...
indicator on osteoporosis prescribing, practices reaching the same achievement level would gain five QOF points in one part of the UK but just one point in others.
For other indicators, payment thresholds ...
16 May 2012
The ability to benchmark practices against each other on achievement was made easier when the QOF...the performance of NICE. However, there are many other possible outcomes of this switch to consider. Ordinary GPs ...
19 May 2011
| by Liam Farrell, Best columnist: MJA Awards 2011
strength enough to bear the troubles of others.'
08 Feb 2012
| by Mary Selby
you might have a problem tomorrow? Got any other thoughts? World peace? The Arab Spring? Talk to me......'s sake. Don't hunt for other problems. This is like trawling your tongue along the bottom of a canal. You ...
Some patients benefit less than others from our modern approach to risk analysis. Mr Shady turns up
Laxatives - Use only short-term treatment for constipation where other measures have failed ...
should be the first choice for depression, sertraline for generalised anxiety disorder.
Trimethoprim ...
-choice treatment for depression in adults. Yet the NPC points out that other drugs still make up at least half ...
sick note for osteoporosis, a condition which would be undetectable had he not paid a man with a DEXA ...